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THREE ORIGINAL CIVIL WAR MILITARY DOCUMENTS BROUGHT HOME BY A LOCAL FRANKLIN COUNTY CONFEDERATE SOLDIER IN 1865. PRIVATE BURWELL B. BROWN, COMPANY E, PIG RIVER GRAYS - 57TH VIRGINIA REGIMENT - ARMISTEAD'S BRIGADE, PICKETT'S DIVISION, 1ST CORPS, GENERAL LONGSTREET - ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA - ROBERT E. LEE COMMANDING GENERAL. THREE DOCUMENTS INCLUDE: INDUCTION PAPERS FOR PRIVATE BROWN; LETTER FROM MILITARY DOCTOR REGARDING PRIVATE BROWN'S TIME IN MILITARY HOSPITAL WITH HIS MEDICAL CONDITIONS; AND HIS OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNION PRIOR TO RELEASE FROM UNION PRISON. EXTENSIVE HISTORY AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW AT AUCTION HOUSE

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M1860 CAVALRY ENLISTED MANASAS SWORD AND SCABBARD OF FREDERICK W. WIENTGE, OF THE NEW MEXICO VOLUNTEER MILITIA, WHO ON MAY 10, 1898, WAS APPOINTED A FIRST LIEUTENANT IN TROOP I, THE 1ST UNITED STATES VOLUNTEER CAVALRY, ROOSEVELTâ??S ROUGH RIDERS??. THE STANDARD M1860 CAVALRY SABER WITH A RARE â??JBAâ?? STAMPED ON ONE SIDE AND AN â??Mâ?? ON THE OTHER. THE POMMEL IS STAMPED WITH â??AGMâ??. (ALFRED G. MANNING, INSPECTOR, 1863.) IN 1898, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A SURPLUS SWORD, PROBABLY STORED IN STATE ARSENALS FOR USE BY LOCAL STATE MILITIAS ETCHED VERTICALLY IN LONGHAND ON ONE SIDE OF THE BLADE NEAR THE TOP IS WRITTEN : *First name worn away:(Fred) W. Wientge 1st lieut.Troop I.1st U.S. Vol C.THIS IS THE SAME WAY HE SIGNED HIS NAME ON THE EXAMINATION PRELIMINARY TO MUSTER-OUT OF U. S. SERVICE OR DISCHARGE.

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OVAL U. S. WAIST BELT PLATE - MEDIUM SIZE WITH ALL THREE ARROW HOOKS IN PLACE. GOOD CONDITION WITH NICE PATINA,.NOT OVER CLEANED. EXCAVATED IN RICHMOND AREA SEVEN DAYS BATTLES ?1862 BATTLEFIELDS IN THE 1970'S

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CONVERTED FROM FLINTLOCK TO PERCUSSION USING THE DRUM AND BOLSTER SYSTEM USING A CIVILIAN TYPE HAMMER ON THIS ONE. THEY WERE USED IN THE MEXICAN WAR AND THE CIVIL WAR.THEY WERE BORED OUT FROM ORIGINAL .54 CAL. TO .58 CAL. RIFLE HAS ALL THE ORIGINAL PARTS, EXCEPT REAR SIGHT IS MISSING. LAST RIFLE TO HAVE CHEEK PIECE ON STOCK AND FIRST TO USE SLINGS. MADE UNDER CONTRACT BY DERINGER IN PHILADELPHIA. IT HAD NO PROVISION FOR A BAYONET. LOCK STAMPED U.S.DERINGER OVER PHILADELPHIA, TOP OF BARREL STAMPED H, DERINGER, PHILAD, LEFT FLAT AT REAR OF BARREL STAMPED P OVER U, S,.STOCK STAMPED V OVER GF WHICH WAS VIEWED(INSPECTED) BY GEORGE FLEGEL.DURING ALTERATION PROCESS, THE MARKINGS ON THE REAR OF THE LOCK WERE FREQUENTLY REMOVED OR DEFACED TO SOME EXTENT, AS THIS ONE SHOWS. RIFLE IS IN OVERALL GOOD CONDITION WITH NORMAL WEAR FROM 160+ YEARS OF USE. ANY QUESTION ABOUT THE DERINGER BEING USED IN THE CIVIL WAR CAN BE ANSWERED IN A QUOTE FROM THE BOOK SABRES & PISTOLS ON PAGE 28. LIEUT. COL. HARRY GILMORS, 2ND MARYLAND CAVALRY, C.S.A.,WITH 20 OF HIS MEN REPORTED TO GENERAL STONEWALL? JACKSON. THE GENERAL ORDERED GILMORS COMMAND TO BE EQUIPPED WITH MISSISSIPPI AND DERINGER RIFLES

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TINTYPE OF YOUNG BOY SITTING IN CHAIR WEARING WHAT APPEARS TO BE A GREY UNIFORM, WITH FIVE BRASS BUTTONS ON HIS JACKET AND WEARING A RECTANGULAR BRASS BELT PLATE ON HIS WAIST. THIS IS PROBABLY A UNIFORM WORN BY A CADET AT A MILITARY SCHOOL OF THE PERIOD.THE PHOTOGRAPHER HAS OBSCURED THE BUTTONS AND BELT PLATE UNDER POINTS OF GOLD PAINT, AS WAS OFTEN DONE. THERE ALSO APPEARS TO BE SOME FAINT COLORING OF HIS FACE ALSO. THE GOLD PAINT ON THE BUTTONS AND BELT PLATE MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE WHAT WAS ON THE FACE OF THE BUTTONS AND BELT PLATE.THE TINTYPE IS IN GOOD CONDITION AND HIS FACE IS VERY IN FOCUS AND CLEAR. THE APPROXIMATE SIZE OF THE TINTYPE IS 2-1/2" X 3 THE CASE IS NOT ORIGINAL TO THE PHOTOGRAPH, BUT IS OF THE PERIOD AND MARKED " PROVIDENCE, R. I

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U.S. M1851 N.C.O. EAGLE BELT PLATE ON ORIGINAL N.C.O. LEATHER WAIST BELT WITH RIVET REINFORCEMENT, U.S. REGULATION M1851 N.C.O. EAGLE BELT PLATE HAS THE APPLIED SILVER WREATH WITH SMALL SECTION MISSING UNDER THE EAGLE. THE PLATE BEARS THE BENCHMARK NUMBER "982). THIS BELT PLATE IS THE EARLY WAR M1851 PATTERN WITH THE SILVER WREATH SOLDERED ONTO THE PLATE WITH THE WREATH EXTENDED ABOVE. THE EAGLE'S WINGS. THIS PATTERN WAS CHANGED IN 1861. THE ORIGINAL LEATHER WAIST BELT IS IN FAIR CONDITION. 150 PLUS YEARS OLD.

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U.S. MODEL 1855 - 1861 SOCKET BAYONET STAMPED US ON TOP OF BLADE. SOCKET IS 3" LONG AND BLADE IS 18" LONG. BAYONET HAS PITTING AND MEDIUM CAN BE USED ON U.S. MODEL 1855 - 1864 MODEL RIFLE MUSKETS 58 CAL.

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NO COVER OR SLING, SHORT TIN SPOUT WITH SOLDER SEAM ON ONE SIDE OF SPOUT WHERE THEY WRAPPED TIN AROUND AND SOLDERED IT TOGETHER LEAVING CRUDE SEAM. HAS CORK AND CHANIN STOPPER. MISSING BOTTOM STRAP, BUT SOLDER SCARS REMAIN N BOTH SIDES OF BOTTOM WHERE STRAP USED TO ATTACH

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THE M1855 WAS OFFICIALLY ADOPTED IN 1855. FULL PRODUCTION DID NOT GET UNDER WAY AT THE SPRINGFIELD ARMORY UNTIL SUMMER 1856 THRU 1857. THE LONG RANGE SIGHT WAS ONLY USED ON 1856 AND 1857 TYPE 1 RIFLE MUSKETS. AFTER 1857 NOSE CAP CHANGED TO IRON AND PATCH BOX ADDED TO STOCK. THE M1855 RIFLE MUSKET WAS ONE OF TWO STANDARD ARMS LISTED IN THE CONFEDERATE OFFICERSâ?? FIELD DUTY MANUAL. MODEL 1855 RIFLE MUSKET WAS THE FIRST U. S. REGULATION ARM DESIGNED TO USE THE MINIE BULLET. ( .58 CAL. ) THIS GUN HAS NOT BEEN CUT DOWN OR MODIFIED. THE BARREL IS THE FULL 40" LENGTH. THE MAYNARD PRIMER DEVICE IS PRESENT AND OPERABLE. THE PRIMER DOOR, REAR SWIVEL ON THE TRIGGER GUARD AND RAMROD HAVE BEEN REPLACED. MARKS ON BARREL ARE FAINT AND WORN AND MARKS ON STOCK ARE NOT DISCERNABLE. THE GUN AND STOCK ARE WORN AND SHOW NORMAL WEAR. NO RIFLING IS LEFT PRESENT IN THE BARREL. THIS GUN IS 156 YEARS OLD AND HAS SEEN HARD USE BEFORE THE WAR, DURING THE WAR AND AFTER THE WAR, BEING USED AS A SHOTGUN. IT IS IN FAIR CONDITION, BUT IS STILL A REPRESENTATIVE EXAMPLE OF THE 1ST MODEL 1855 RIFLE MUSKET. NOTE: THIS IS A LOCAL GUN FROM A RESIDENT OF EAGLE ROCK, VA. WHERE IT WAS PROBABLY BROUGHT HOME BY A LOCAL CONFEDERATE SOLDIER WHO USED IT DURING THE WAR WAS OBTAINED FROM THE OWNER IN EAGLE ROCK 40 YEARS AGO

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THIS IS A VERY RARE SILVER, EXTENSIVELY ENGRAVED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE SHIELD SHAPED MEDAL WITH A FLORAL MOTIF. EVERY SPACE OF THE SURFACE HAS FINE, DETAILED ENGRAVING, NOT A BARE SPOT IS LEFT UNTOUCHED ON EITHER SIDE, EXCEPT FOR THE SMALL SHIELD THAT CONTAINS THE INITIALS ONE AND THE DATE ON THE OTHER. OBVERSE SIDE IS ENGRAVED Reward Of Diligence" IN SOME TYPE OF FINE SCRIPT. THE REVERSE SIDE HAS THE INITIALS M H L ENGRAVED IN EVEN A FINER TYPE OF SCRIPT, UNDER IT, 1862". THE SILVER MEDAL IS SLIGHTLY TARNISHED. ( AFTER 151 YEARS) IT IS APPROX. 1-1/2" WIDE AND 1-5/16" LONG. THE LOOP ON THE TOP WAS MADE AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE MEDAL AND WHERE IT WAS WORN HAS RUBBED A SPOT ON THE INSIDE OF THE LOOP, YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THE BRIGHT SILVER. NO DOUBT ABOUT THE DATE MHL RECEIVED THIS MEDAL

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SECOND MOST USED RIFLE MUSKET IN CIVIL WAR.THIS IS ONE OF THE GUNS MADE BY THE LONDON ARMS CONTRACTORS FOR THE AMERICAN MARKET DURING THE WAR. OTHER LONDON CONTRACTORS WERE E. P. BOND, BARNETTE,POTTS & HUNT, GREENER AND LONDON ARMORY COMPANY.THIS GUN WAS MADE BY THE E. P BOND CO.THE LOCKPLATE IS STAMPED E. P. BOND OVER LONDON IN FRONT OF THE HAMMER. THERE IS NO STAMPING ON REAR OF LOCK. THE REAR, LEFT FLAT OF THE BARREL IS MARKED WITH THE PROOF MARK AND OTHERS BELOW IT. PART OF THE BARREL UNDERNEATH THE STOCK HAS THE NUMBER 25-25 WHICH INDICATES .577 CAL. ALONG WITH NAMES AND NUMBERS OF INSPECTORS AND GUNSMITHS. THE BARREL AND BREECH PLUG HAVE THE MATCHING NUMBER 164" THE STOCK HAS BEEN CUT 9" ABOVE THE BOTTOM BARREL BAND, BUT THE BARREL IS STILL THE FULL 39" LONG.LOCK IN WORKING ORDER, REAR SIGHT AND REAR SWIVEL MISSING. GUN STOCK IN GOOD CONDITION WITH NORMAL WEAR AND BARREL HAS A SMOOTH, ALMOST BLACK PATINA. BRASS BUTTPLATE HAS NUMBER 6937' ENGRAVED ON IT.RAMROD ALSO MISSING. THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF P1853 ENFIELD WITH LOTS OF MARKS AND MAKER NAMES AND NUMBERS. WOULD BE A GOOD GUN TO RESEARCH, RESTORE OR HANG ON THE WALL, LOCK IN GOOD WORKING ORDER